Getting Started with OUYA

█▓█ TITLE: GETTING STARTED WITH OUYA █▓█
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█▒█ PUBLISHER....: PACKT LANGUAGE......: ENGLISH █▒█
█▒█ LINK.........: http://is.gd/FEMVGl RELEASE TYPE..: RETAIL █▒█
█▒█ FORMAT.......: PDF RELEASE DATE..: 2014.07.10 █▒█
█▒█ ISBN.........: 9781783551453 STORE DATE....: 2014 █▒█
█▒█ SAVED.MONEY..: 29 DOLLAR DISKCOUNT.....: 03 x 05MB █▒█
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█▒█ AUTHOR.......: RUBEN HOYOS, ROBINSON MONCADA █▒█




█▒█ A practical guide to developing games for the revolutionary OUYA █▒█
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█▒█ Overview █▒█
█▒█ * Learn the basic principles of game development for the OUYA █▒█
█▒█ console * Get to know the business model, content types, and █▒█
█▒█ specifications of the OUYA console * Develop your first project █▒█
█▒█ for the OUYA console █▒█
█▒█ In Detail █▒█
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█▒█ The OUYA console is a fully customizable open source indie █▒█
█▒█ console, which is based on the Android operating system and █▒█
█▒█ equipped with the powerful Tegra3 graphics processor. It provides █▒█
█▒█ unprecedented levels of performance for an open-source console, █▒█
█▒█ and is a new open platform for game developers, offering them the █▒█
█▒█ freedom to build and publish games on their own. █▒█
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█▒█ This book is a practical guide that will help you learn more █▒█
█▒█ about the OUYA console. From setting up a developer account to █▒█
█▒█ developing your first game, right up to publishing your game on █▒█
█▒█ the OUYA marketplace, this book guides you through the whole █▒█
█▒█ process of OUYA game development. █▒█
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█▒█ Learn about the entire process of game development on the OUYA █▒█
█▒█ platform, from the origins of the project and business model, to █▒█
█▒█ the construction of your first game for the console. You will █▒█
█▒█ then get an introduction to the technical specifications of the █▒█
█▒█ console, as well as how to install the prerequisites needed for █▒█
█▒█ game development. You will also learn how to configure the OUYA █▒█
█▒█ development environment, including the OUYA Development Kit, with █▒█
█▒█ emulators and Unity3D. Finally, the book will walk you through █▒█
█▒█ the process of building your first project, adding marketplace █▒█
█▒█ functionalities, and publishing the video game. █▒█
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█▒█ Getting Started with OUYA provides users with the basics of █▒█
█▒█ developing games for the console, and also gives them a glimpse █▒█
█▒█ into what the future has in store for the platform. █▒█
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█▒█ What you will learn from this book █▒█
█▒█ * Get to know about the origins of the OUYA console and its █▒█
█▒█ technical specifications * Set up and configure the prerequisites █▒█
█▒█ needed to prepare the OUYA development environment * Set up two █▒█
█▒█ controllers, data storage, graphical optimization models, and █▒█
█▒█ textures * Install the OUYA SDK (ODK) and the entire development █▒█
█▒█ environment (including the emulator and Unity3D) * Configure the █▒█
█▒█ controls for your OUYA console * Get a glimpse into the future of █▒█
█▒█ the console, including new peripherals, new interfaces, and new █▒█
█▒█ display devices █▒█
█▒█ Approach █▒█
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█▒█ This is a hands-on, practical approach to developing games on the █▒█
█▒█ OUYA console. It includes step-by-step examples as well as █▒█
█▒█ detailed theoretical explanations of industry practices. █▒█